Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences

1.       The technical and economic changes of the 19^th century had a marked _______ on workers.

A. cause                                     B. effect                                    C. impact                                        D. consequence

2.       Teacher: “Do you know anything about  the Earth?

Joseph: “Yes, the Earth ______ around the Sun at about 67,000 miles per hour.”

A. travels                                    B. travelling                             C. is travelling                               D. to travel

3.       Both televisions and computers _______ an enormous impact on our lives.

A. have                                       B. are having                          C. has had                                     D. have had

4.       It’s cold outside, so pit your coat _______.

A. over                                        B. off                                         C. on                                               D. to

5.       Those who do not take any exercise at all are _______ to falling ill.

A. prepared                                B. ready                                   C. waiting                                       D. prone

6.       Tom and Linda _______ the subway train to work every day.

A. takes                                       B. took                                      C. take                                            D. have taken

7.       “_______. Is it your student card?” – “Let me see… Yes, it’s mine.”

A. Excuse me                             B. pardon                                C. Hello                                          D. Oh

8.       We _______ cleaning the kitchen.

A. had just finished                   B. have just finished              C. just have finished                    D. are just finishing

9.       The Sun _______ in the east and _______ in the west.

A. rising – setting                      B. rises – sets                         C. rise – set                                   D. to rise – to set

10.   Shhhhh! Be quiet! The baby _______ now.

A. sleeps                                    B. has slept                             C. is sleeping                                D. will sleep.

11.   “Do you know Linh, a fair-haired girl in class 9A?” – “Yes, she is my _______ neighbor. What’s up?”

A. indoor                                     B. inside                                  C. next-door                                  D. front-door

12.   She didn’t study abroad because she had to care _______ her elderly parents.

A. in                                             B. for                                         C. up                                               D. to

13.   The principal will declare the ceremony open as soon as all the graduates and guests _______.

A. will have been sitting           B. have been seated             C. will be sitting                             D. have seated

14.   The Prime Minister _______ a speech in the television right now.

A. is giving                                 B. gives                                    C. has given                                  D. gave

15.   Derek _______ flowers for his mom every Mother’s day.

A. buys                                        B. to buy                                  C. will buy                                      D. is buying

16.   Jim ______ for his mother at the airport for nearly three hours.

A. has waited                             B. is waiting                            C. waited                                        D. has been waiting

Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in the sentence.

17.   Could you take care of our children while I go away?

A. look like                                  B. look after                             C. look for                                      D. look at

18.   He insisted on listening to the entire story.

A. interesting                             B. funny                                   C. whole                                         D. part

Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in the sentence.

19.   Thousands are going starving because of the failure of this year’s harvest.

A. hungry                                    B. rich                                       C. poor                                           D. full

20.   She denied having stolen his mother’s money.

A. refused                                   B. admitted                              C. insisted on                                D. reminded

I. Underline the correct answers to complete the following sentences. 1. What ……………………………. Hien look like? (does / is / are / do ) 2. Nam and Minh are ……………………….the same class. (at / in / on / to) II. Complete each sentence with a word or phrase in the box. characters– sociable – reserved – orphanage – orphan – socialize 1.Kindness is one of Mai’s_____________ that makes her popular with her friends. 2. He was an ______ boy and lived with his uncle. 3. Vinh is a(n) ___ ________ student; he enjoys meeting people and making more friends. III. Give the correct word forms. 1. Did he ……………………………………….help you or did you ask him to do it? (volunteer) 2.Nam is very ………………………………, and kind. (social) 3. Can you find the …………………… of these twins? (differ) 4.Why do you …… …………………………………him so much? (like) 5.Lan …………….some of her friends to her birthday party last weekend (invitation) 6.They had a ………………………………………… holiday in Nha Trang. (please) IV. Use the correct forms or tenses of the verbs. 1. Would you please ………………………………………here? (not smoke) V. Do as directed to complete the following sentences 1. This bag is very small. She cannot put all things in it. This bag ............ ..(enough) 3. Kangaroos are native to Austria. ............ ..(Correct the sentence)

A – Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences

1.    I haven’t read any medical books or articles on the subject for a long time, so I’m ________with recent developments. 

A. out of reach                B. out of the condition C. out of touch                   D. out of the question

2.    This time tomorrow I _______ a discussion with my boss.

A. will have                      B. will be having           C. is going to have            D. have

3.    By next Christmas we _______ in this city for twenty-five years.

A. live                              B. is living                     C. will have lived               D. will live

4.    John would like to specialize _______ computer science.

A. of                                B. to                              C. at                                   D. in

5.    By appearing on the soap powder commercials, she became a ________ name. 

A. housekeeper              B. housewife                 C. household                     D. house

6.    You seem very busy now. _______ I help you with the housework?

A. Shall                            B. Will                            C. X                                   D. Might

7.    Anne: “Jane’s best singer in our school!”

John: “_____”

A. Yes, please.              

B. I can’t agree with you more

C. That’s OK                  

D. Yes, tell me more about it

8.    If he_______ a student, he will get a discount at the movie theater.

A. is                                 B. will be                       C. were                              D. was

9.    We _______ for Hanoi on the earliest plane tomorrow.

A. leave                           B. are leaving                C. were leaving                 D. will have left

10. . If you work long hours, you _______ exhausted

A. will                               B. would have been      C. would be                       D. will be

11. Peter: “What ________ your flight?”

Mary: “There was a big snowstorm in Birmingham that delayed a lot of flights. 

A. held up                        B. postponed up           C. delayed up                    D. hung up

12. John congratulated us _______ our exam with high marks.

A. on passing                  B. for passing                C. to pass                          D. on pass

13. If she comes, she _______.

A. will to get a surprise    B. shall get a surprise   C. will get a surprise          D. gets a surprise

14. By 2050, medical technology _______ many diseases.

A. Has conquered           B. will have conquered                                            C. will conquer            D. is conquering

15. Neither of them will be treated preferentially, _____?

A. won’t they                   B. will they                    C. won’t them                    D. will them

16. _______ the severe weather conditions all the cars completed the course.

A. In spite                        B. Yet                            C. However                       D. Despite

Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in the sentence.

17. Some students voluntarily spent their summer vacations teaching illiterate students.

            A. eagerly                                B. unintentionally                     C. willingly                   D. powerfully

18. What I love most about my close friend, Lan, is her sense of responsibility.

            A. the effort she makes to finish duties properly or help others                    

            B. sense of humor

            C. the ability to finish her work on time                                 

            D. the ability to understand others’ feelings or emotions

Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in the sentence.

19. There must be mutual trust between true friends.

A. from both sides           B. weak                         C. purposeful                     D. one-sided

20.  Hanoians suffer a serious shortage of water whenever a summer comes due to overpopulation.

A. sufficiency                  B. lack                           C. amount                          D. variety

II. Use the correct form of the given word to complete each of the following sentences

1. Pupils are very interested in outside class ………. (ACT)

2. It is a nice shop and the asistants are all polite and very  ………. (HELP)

3. Tim is the ………. (BAD) player in the team.

4. Artists are ………. (CREATE) people.

5. My new T-shirt is nice but ………. (COMFORTABLE)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

The twins look so much alike that no one can ______ them _________

A. take/ apart

B. tell/ away

C. tell/ apart

D. take/ on

 Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage.

   More than a billion people all over the world are (1) ………….. the threat of desert expansion, but few of them are aware that they themselves cause it and are also its (2) ……………. People cut (3) ……………. Trees for fuel and farmland. Their herds eat (4) ………… the grass covering valley floors and hillsides. The climate and soil quality, therefore, are affected and forests are turned into (5) ……….

  In some places, many people had to leave their homes when their wells became dry and sand buried their house and crops. Therefore, governments in nearby areas  have and local people (6) ………….. trees and banned burning firewood for fuel. Many other techniques have been (7) ………… For example, in Iran, a thin covering of oil was poured on sandy areas to retain (8) ………….. for planting trees, but this method may harm the environment. Other countries built long canals or pipelines (9) ………….. water to desert areas.

  Unless people find more (10) …………… methods, their homes and land will be lost. The fight against the desert is continuing.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 27

  Choosing clothes can be difficult. Some people want to be fashionable, but they don’t want to look

exactly like everybody else. Not all clothes are (25) _________ for work or school, perhaps because

they are not formal enough, or simply not comfortable. It is easy to buy the (26) _________ size, and

find that your trousers are too tight, especially if you are a little bit overweight. Very (27)  _________ clothes make you feel slim, but when they have shrunk in the washing machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light cotton clothes, then they might not be (28) ___________ enough for

winter. If your shoes are not waterproof and if you aren’t (29) __________ for the cold, you might look

good, but feel terrible!

A. loosened

B. lose

C. loose

D. lost

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 26

  Choosing clothes can be difficult. Some people want to be fashionable, but they don’t want to look

exactly like everybody else. Not all clothes are (25) _________ for work or school, perhaps because

they are not formal enough, or simply not comfortable. It is easy to buy the (26) _________ size, and

find that your trousers are too tight, especially if you are a little bit overweight. Very (27)  _________ clothes make you feel slim, but when they have shrunk in the washing machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light cotton clothes, then they might not be (28) ___________ enough for

winter. If your shoes are not waterproof and if you aren’t (29) __________ for the cold, you might look

good, but feel terrible!

A. wrong

B. mistake

C. false

D. error